Golf club



June 10, 1924.

C1.A L. MOTHERSELE.

GOLF 'CLUB Filed Oct. 24 192.2

femm/wg Patented June 10, 1924.

UNITED STATES CHARLES L. MQTHERSELE, OF NUTLEY, vNEUW-'J1il]:tSiEY.

GOLF CLUB.

Application led October 24, 1922. Serial No. 596,636.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLns L. MOTHER- snLn, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and a resident of Nutley, in the county of lC-sseX andState of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Golf Club, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

This .invention relates to improvements in golf clubs, and hasparticular reference to the class of clubs generally known as driversand brassies.

lt is well known that golf clubs of the type specified are provided withweights or plates to produce balance in the club head and that theseweights or plates are usually inserted or 4embedded in the rear face ofthe club head and in direct alignment with the line of impact of the.head with a. ball. In such constructions it has been found thatrepeated impact with the ball causes the weight to be shifted andfurther embedded in the body of the head, thus radically changing theoriginal balance of the head. lt has further been found that the bestresults in the matter of the flight, and particularly the loft of theball are not obtainable by locating' the weight asv above described.

An object of the present invention is to overcome the above difficultiesby providing a club head in which a weight is so constructed andpositioned that the same will maintain its original position in the clubhead and will not be affected by repeated iinpact of the head with aball and at the same time will have the effect of giving the ball moreloft in flight when -properly hit.

Another object is to so construct the club head that the preponderanceof weight, or cent-er of gravity thereof will be disposed substantiallyin alignment with the shaft of the club and below the line of impact ofthe club head with a ball, or in other words, below the center of thestriking face of the head.

i further object is to simplify the construction of the club head andincrease its durability.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the followingdetail description, when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawing- Figure l is a rear elevational view of a Figure 3 is alongitudinalsection on the` vline 3 3 of Figure l; and

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of a weight or plate employedinconnection with the invention.

As has been above suggested the present invention is designedparticularly. for use in connection wit drivers and brassies, the clubheads of which are usually madevof wood.` In the present instance theclub is shown as consisting of a shaft 5, to which the club head 6 isspliced in th'e usual man ner and secured by whipping 7. The front ofthe head is provided with the usual striking face 8, which may bedisposed at any desired angle with respect to the bottom of the head andat the lower end of the striking face the head is provided with a recess9 in which a. protective plate I0, made of any desirable materia-1, suchas fiber or aluminum, is secured by any suitable fastening devices, suchas the screws 1l, the heads of which are countersunk in the plate', Theconstruction so far described is well known and does not form a part ofthe present invention.

In accordance with this invention means are provided for balancing theclub head in such manner that the preponderance of weight, or the centerof gravity of the club head is disposed substantially in alignment withthe shaft 5 and below the line of impact of the club head with a ball.To this end the bottom of the club head is provided at the rear thereofwith a recess 12, which includes a portion of the rear face of the clubhead and which extends forwardly and terminates 9 at a point centrallyof the club head and substantially in alignment with the shaft 5. Thebottom of the recess l2 is inclined with respect to the horizontal sothat the depth Iof the recess is increased from the. rear face of thehead to the forward wall 13 of the re* cess, thus giving said recess itsgreatest depth at its forward end. If desired, the side walls lt of therecessA may be converged forwardly, as indicated in Figure 2.

In order that the center of gravity may be located as described, aweight or plate 15 is employed which is mounted in the recess 12 andshaped to conform to the contour thereof, said plate being secured inposition accordance with-the by means of suitable fastenin devices 16extending through openings l formed in the plate, said rdevices havingtheir heads countersunk in the plate 15. The plate 15 is taperedlongitudinally and has its forward end of a greater kthickness than therear end thereof, the thickness of said forward end being the same asthe depth Vof the front wall 13 of the recess 12. The rear end 18 of theplate or weight forms a continuation ofthe rear face of the club head soas to afford a protection therefor when striking the ground, thuspreventing undue wearing of the wooden part of the club head. By makingthe front wall 13 of the recess 12 of comparatively greater depth thanany other portion of the recess and by making the forward end of theplate 15 of a thickness corresponding to said depth, it willbe yobviousthat the vadded bearing surface for the forward end of the plate 15 inaddition to that Iformed by the forwardly converging sides thereof willgreatly lessen thetendency to further embed the plate or weight in thehead of the club and thus dislodge the same from Vits original positionafter repeated `impact of the club head with a ball.

It will also be apparent that by positioning the weight or plate in thehead of the club as described, the preponderance of weight of the clubhead will be disposed substantially in alignment with the shaft 5 andVbelow the center of the striking face 8. It ,has been found in actualpractice that with a club of this construction the player is enabled tosecure a loft to the ball appreciably in excess of that which isobtained with the usual driver or brasse and that such result isprimarily due to the fact that the preponderance of weight of the clubhead is located at the farthest point possible from the players hands.

What is claimed is:

l. In a golf club, a head having a recess at the bottom thereofextending from its rear face and terminating short of the striking faceof said head and increasing in depth toward its inner end, and a weightconfined entirely within the walls of said rcess and conforming to thecontour thereo 2. In a golf club, a head having a recess at the bottomthereof extending from its rear face and terminating short of thestriking face thereof, the bottom of the recess belng inclined upwardlyand forwardlyv throughout its entire length, and a weight confinedentirely within the walls of said recess and conforming to the contourthereof.

3. In a golf club, a head having a recess at the bottom thereofextending from its rear face and terminating short of the strik ing facethereof, the side walls of said recess converging forwardly 'toward saidstriking face, and the bottom of said recess heilig inclined upwardlyand forwardly throughout its entire length, and a weight confinedentirely within the walls of said recess and conforming to the contourthereof.

' CHARLES L. MOTHERSELE.

